Pete Von Sholly's Lovecraft Illustrated

by Pete Von Sholly, Pete Von Sholly (Artist)

Overview

A full color collection of over 325 images- covering ALL the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft arranged in the order in which the stories were written. The book also features notes. sketches and an intro by S. T. Joshi.

Pete Von Sholly has storyboarded over 100 films including THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, MARS ATTACKS!, DARKMAN, and THE MIST. His work has also been seen in his satiric magazines as well as Last Gasp's FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE and NEUROCOMICS, which he did with Timothy Leary.

H. P. Lovecraft chose to call the creatures who populate his stories unnamable but Pete Von Sholly has made the invisible visible. Brilliantly imagined, Von Sholly’s illustrations achieve what seems impossible—making the works of HPL even more terrifying and disturbing. Not to be missed by any fan of the master and a wonderful lure for those who have not yet experienced Lovecraft’s cosmic horrors!”

— Leslie S. Klinger Editor, The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951038168
Publisher:	Clover Press
Publication date:	12/22/2020
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

About the Author

Pete Von Sholly has been drawing since childhood, when he was mesmerized by the cult magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland and devoured classic monster movies on black and white television long after the family had gone to bed. His fascination led to an extensive career as a Hollywood storyboard artist on over 100 feature films, including The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist, The Mask, Darkman, and Mars Attacks. He has storyboarded a Pumpkinhead, a Pinhead, a Jason, two Freddy Kruegers and three Chuckies. In addition, he has churned out monster-filled graphic novels, model kits, and trading cards published by Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM!, Kitchen Sink and others. and created lavishly illustrated editions of classic horror books by H.P. Lovecraft, Joe R. Lansdale and Stephen King. Even his two ventures into political satire, praised by The Washington Post and cited by the Village Voice as best comics of the year, graphically depict what he considers the real monsters of our time: politicians.

Editorial Reviews

“Pete Von Sholly is the most brilliant and com- plete visual interpreter of Lovecraft working today- just check out the incredible artwork between the covers of this volume! Howard Phillips would be proud!”

— Brian Yuzna Director, Bride of Re-Animator

Pete and I had a blast working on Darkman and his art was incredibly expressive. He’s a truly gifted artist and the new book is beau- tiful!”

— Sam Raimi Director, The Evil Dead

Pete von Sholly’s illustrations embrace the full breadth of Lovecraftian horrors in a manner that’s inventive, lively and playful. He captures moments from Lovecraft’s sto- ries which highlight the unique, bizarre and deeply compelling imagination of their cre- ator - and their illustrator.”

— Sean Branney and Andrew Leman, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

From the Publisher